Discover the unique musical instruments invented in India, like the Sitar, Tabla, and Veena. Learn their history, craftsmanship, and vital role in Indian classical music.

While working on her doctoral thesis, cellist Saskia Rao-de Haas remembers chancing on a 1932 letter from Rabindranath Tagore to his granddaughter. There is an instrument, he says, that he prefers ...

India is the land of diversity and cultures. From the bright sarees and lehengas that adorn women in the North, to the simple and minimal white saree with golden borders that adorn the women of South, ...

Vishwa Mohan Bhatt took an unusual route on the way to Grammy-winning success. Once a disciple of the renowned sitarist Ravi Shankar, he had learned the complex nuances of Hindustani (north Indian) ...

The sounds of a harp-like instrument called the yazh, named for the mythological animal Yali whose image was carved into its stem, once filled the halls of temples and royal courts in southern India.

As musical instruments go, the bansuri could not be simpler. A side-blown flute made from a stalk of bamboo, with six to eight finger holes bored in its side, it is one of the foundational components ...

Four years ago, Dakkali Balamma sat on the ground outside her thatched hut in Mambapur village in Telangana, bent intently over her kinnera. As the 86-year-old strummed the instrument, it produced a ...